The 1709 Blog

In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all.

Monday, 31 May 2010

Clearance: the IPO speaks

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The most recent issue of the UK's Intellectual Property Office e-mag Insight carries a short feature entitled "How do I locate a co...
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Sunday, 30 May 2010

Eircom users to face Dtecnet scrutiny

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The Irish Times has reported ("Eircom to cut broadband over illegal downloads") that "EIRCOM WILL from today [24 May 2010] ...
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Friday, 28 May 2010

Coz we said so ....

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Wiggin have published their 2010 Digital Entertainment Survey , a “comprehensive audit of entertainment and digital activity in the UK today...
Sunday, 23 May 2010

Second Life: intellectual property and virtual property are not the same thing

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Second Life is website where users can live, well, a second life. It is a role-play game in which users imagine meeting virtual people, doi...
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Friday, 21 May 2010

WIPO VIPs forum launched

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A WIPO press release ("WIPO Launches On-line Forum on Access to Copyrighted Works by Visually Impaired") caught this literal-min...

Cannonballs and footballs – a judicial comparison

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What place is there for common-law tort in the context of statutory IP rights? Future Investments SA v FIFA , decided in the High Court last...
Thursday, 20 May 2010

On your marks, get set ...

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Not a moment too soon, yesterday the OFT gave the green light to Project Canvas, the BBC-led joint venture to create internet-connected tele...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Canadian court says that music clips can be royalty free

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In an interesting decison, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that no royalty is payable for the use of thirty-second or less cl...
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